Man charged with driving drunk, killing motorcyclist

A 20-year-old man is in custody and is accused of crossing into oncoming traffic and slamming into a motorcycle, causing the driver’s death, court records show.

Tyler Dale Honeycutt, 20, has been charged with intoxication manslaughter for the Feb. 23 incident on the 3900 block of FM 1942, according to court documents from the Harris County District Court. He also hit another car that was travelling behind the motorcycle on the road.

Motorcyclist Larry Wayne Ferguson, who was driving a 2003 black Harley Davidson, died in the crash, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office reported. The man was thrown from his motorcycle and landed in a ditch.

The suspect admitted to investigators the night of the crash that he was driving his 1993 green Chevrolet pick up truck, heading westbound on the road, and next thing he knew he was in a crash, the documents states. Honeycutt told investigators that he had drank alcohol prior to the crash and had taken drugs that day because of root canal pain, the document states.

The deputy at the scene reported that the suspect had red bloodshot eyes, white coating around his mouth and had slurred speech, the complaint states. A drug analysis found ethanol, hydrocodone, carisoprodol and marijuana in the suspect’s system. In combination with alcohol, the drugs impaired the man’s ability to operate a motor vehicle, a toxicology report concluded.

Honeycutt has been arrested and his bail has been set at $30,000, according to records from the Harris County Jail.